Posts tagged with "HBO"

Music is set to be playing down in Fraggle Rock once again in a new feature film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Variety has revealed. The movie is being developed by New Regency, with Gordon-Levitt also serving as its producer.
First broadcast in 1983, Fraggle Rock was created by Jim Henson and produced by HBO, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Henson Associates and UK company Television South. The original series ran for five seasons, with some...

Game of Thrones fans – are you ready to experience Westeros in a whole new way? This winter, Sky Atlantic is bringing an official Game of Thrones exhibition to London’s O2 Arena!
From 9th-12th and 15th-17th February this year, Game of Thrones: The Exhibition will take over Sky Backstage at The O2, bringing a dazzling array of props and assets from previous seasons, as well as an exclusive sneak preview of pieces from the upcoming fifth...

A new drama miniseries recounting the story of the first moon landing is currently in development at TNT, Deadline has revealed. Titled One Giant Leap, the upcoming show is being adapted from a book by journalist Leon Wagener about Neil Armstrong and his historic journey.
No news has yet emerged regarding broadcast dates or casting for the series: what we do know, however, is that the scripts are being written by award-winning writer/director Al...

Following the success of the recent television adaptation of the Coen Brothers’ crime thriller Fargo, it’s been announced that three more feature films will be getting the TV treatment. Late last week, NBC announced plans for an adaptation of The Devil’s Advocate, while Amblin Entertainment revealed that it was working on a serialised version of Minority Report. Not to be outdone, HBO has more recently staked its claim to 2010’s...

Back in February, MCM Buzz reported that a TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods had been taken on by FremantleMedia after being dropped from development at HBO. This week, the show – still under the direction of FremantleMedia North America – has been picked by US cable network Starz.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Starz has “handed out a script-to-series commitment to the project”, with writer-producers...

Winter is coming…this Summer.
Telltale Games PR director Job J Stauffer tweeted earlier this weekend that the Game of Thrones series that the company is producing will not be featuring at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo).
Telltale Games has already wowed gamers across the globe with its terrific episodic take on The Walking Dead franchise, which is currently into its second season. Originally announced at the 2013 Spike VGX...

Set to air later this year, a TV adaptation of J. K. Rowling‘s crime novel, The Casual Vacancy, is being produced by the BBC in collaboration with HBO. Though the BBC has been developing the project for some time, the involvement of the American network was revealed this week by The Hollywood Reporter.
Along with the book’s author herself, the miniseries’ executive producers will include Paul Trijbits (Saving Mr. Banks, Dancing...

Earlier this month, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s acclaimed fantasy novel American Gods was picked up by FremantleMedia, having been previously dropped from development by HBO for reasons unknown. News has also emerged that Anansi Boys – American Gods’ sort-of-sequel-but-not is also being made into a BBC mini-series by RED Productions.
It was three months ago that HBO dropped American Gods. FremantleMedia, known mainly for entertainment...

Sharpen your Valyrian steel swords, don your finest armour and prepare yourself, there be dragons here. HBO have released the first trailer for Season 4 of Game of Thrones, complete with a US release date in April this year.
The trailer picks up the pieces left at the end of the show’s incredible third season and will mostly cover the events of the second book of A Storm of Swords, and the trademark twists and turns of the series are far from...

Confirming rumours which began back in November, Walking Dead game-creators Telltale announced that they are working on a Game of Thrones video game in a brief but intriguing teaser shown at this year’s VGX.
Like previous TV- and comics-inspired Telltale Games titles, The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, the upcoming Game of Thrones game (or games) will take the form of an episodic series. According to HBO‘s Josh Goodstadt, it will...